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Chapter 16

Cook

With Maddie’s head on myshoulder, I held her against my chest as I walked down the sidewalk toward Celt and Roni’s Whispering Meadows apartment. Maddie was lighter than I remembered, perhaps deflated from how many orgasms I’d drawn out of her. But that made my chest expand with pride.

I curled her tighter into my chest. Her head lolled to the side, fucking limp like she was unconscious. Nah, she was just tired. It had been a long day.

Just thinking about my early wake-up call from the coyotes before dawn had me yawning too.

Before I could knock, the apartment door swung open. Celt stood in the doorway, dragging his gaze down at Maddie in my arms. I shifted her weight, not able to enter unless the big bastard moved.

Roni, standing behind him, called, “Let them in, Charlie.”

Celt stepped back, and I slipped in past him, asking, “The fuck is Charlie?”

My best friend looked away and shit. Was that...

“You blushing, mofo?” I asked.

“Fuck off.” He walked over to the kitchen island and sat on a barstool.

Roni came to stand at his side, beaming. “Sorry. Just what I like to call my ol’ man.” She rested a hand on his thigh and stared up at him like she’d just been fucked too.

I cleared my throat. “Nothin’ like a bunch of horny water goats standing around in awkward silence.”

Celt glared at me.

Roni laughed, flipping a lock of her blond hair over one shoulder. “You can put her in the bedroom.”

I followed her to the open door and then laid Maddie down. Her dress barely covered her from when I’d tried to dress her at Serenity. I pulled the hem down to cover her naked nether parts, but I managed to rip the dress when I lowered her to the bed.

Over it, I tore the thing from her body and threw the blankets over her.

Maddie buried her face in the pillow, letting out a soft moan, and my cock twitched again. After hearing her moan all night, the smallest throaty noise from her might send me into a frenzy.

Control had been my middle name all night. I’d worked hard to make sure she would open up good for me and that she’d know it was me fucking her and taking away the past. When she’d finally been ready, I had fucked her like crazy, slamming her onto my cock again and again.

And damn, I didn’t think I had that kind of kink inside me, but with her tied down like that and at my mercy. That had been the best fucking orgasm of my pathetic life.

She had finally screamed out in ecstasy so many times while I toyed with her body, and it had been music to my ears. I wanted to crawl over her now again and bring her back to life with my dick.

Sick fuck was probably the only good description for me right now.

Celt probably had tons of questions, though, so I dragged my heels out of the bedroom and shut the door.

He was waiting for me, arms crossed over his chest. “What happened to her?”

Roni touched his shoulder. “Leave Cook be.”

I crossed my arms and met his questioning gaze. What Maddie and I did tonight was only our business. And Sloan had been right. I knew Maddie better now. I learned to look in her eyes when I fucked her. That she needed to see my face. And I had discovered how to make her scream with pleasure.

“I know what fucked-to-exhaustion looks like, Roni-girl.” Celt kissed his girl’s forehead.

She raised her hand to cover a wistful smile.

He turned to me. “How was Serenity?”

I sucked my teeth. “Can no one keep their damn mouths shut?”

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